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Rotary e club presentation ghana

1.
GHANA OUTREACH
PROJECT
Eye Foundation of America and Rotary

2.
Ghana eye care statistics
• Independence in 1957
• Less than 100 ophthalmologists for a country of
23 million (1 for every 230,000)
• 10 retina specialists to treat over 93,000 diabetics
• Majority of the ophthalmologists live in the south
and the NW and West are largely underserved
• In comparison the US has almost 24,000
ophthalmologists for 323 million (1 for every
13,500)

3.
Kumasi and Tamale
In conjunction with
Project Theia
ProjectTheia.org –
focused on
oculoplastics service
and teaching in
underserved parts of
the world

4.
• We have partnered
with a fellow Rotarian
Dr. Seth Wanye and
Eric Owusu of Kog
Krationz to help with
the screening of
patients in the
underserved West and
NW regions

5.
• Many patients traveled
over 4 hours by bus
with children
• Many of the patients
had cataracts that only
allowed them to see
light or their hand
moving in front of their
face

6.
• Many of the patients
seen were children with
–these issues need to
be addressed within the
first couple years of life
• Cataracts
• Droopy lids
• Crossed eyes
Fixing any one of these
problems can help
prevent blindness and
give a child up to 75
years of life

10.
Morgantown Rotary president Dr.Indira
Majumder and Vijayawada Rotary
president C.Bhagavantha Rao
Along with PDGs
Dr.Ranjit
Majumder and
Dr.Pattabhi
Ramaiah preside
over the an award
to recognize Srinu
Maddula for his
dedication to
preventing
childhood blindness

11.
• In conjunction with Rotary
club of Morgantown and
the Rotary club of
Vijayawada, Eye
Foundation of America
was part of the first
Prevention of Blindness
in Childhood and
Beyond Symposium in in
Vijayawada, Andhra
Pradesh
• Our chief guest was recent
past RI past president KR
Ravindran